[Minmae] not only has an odd name (which came from some old cartoon that the band’s singer, Sean Brooks used to watch on television) but an odd style of music as well – one that I hesitate to describe with even the frilliest and most complex, yet endearing, of adjectives. Alas, I must try! With […]
Eluvium – An Accidental Memory in Case of Death
Eluvium is what you want to hear when it’s overcast and torrential outside as well as in your mind. Eluvium consists of one man playing piano: Mr. Matthew Cooper. He manages to create a haunting, engaging, and short (which is perhaps why it’s so engaging) ambient record, and does it stunningly. Clocking in at just […]
Ronin – The Sun Rises In The East
Elf Power – Walking with the Beggar Boys
Elf Power runs the genre gamut on their sixth full-length release Walking With The Beggar Boys, and has discovered at least one infallible musical truth: variety is the spice of good music. For the most part, the band dabbles in the safe and subtle realm of poppy drum beats and cyclical lyrics and harmonies. And […]